For the second consecutive year, Augusta Christian’s Ashley Arbogast is taking her game to a national level.

The Lady Lions’ rising sophomore tried out and earned a spot in the 2015 USA Volleyball High Performance Indoor National A3 Training Program. So, from July 17-21, Arbogast will be at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. She is excited about it for a few reasons.

“It will develop my skills better and (I will) get to play with players from around the country,” Arbogast said.

This week youth football players will get the opportunity to learn, while top high school players will test their skills in a pair of events. First, it’s the Lakeside High School Panther Youth Football Camp, which will be held Monday through Wednesday (July 13-15) and is open to kindergarten-eighth graders. The camp will be held at Lakeside High School from 5:30-7:30 each afternoon. Campers will get individual offensive and defensive instruction, be able to tour the weight room and stadium, and take part in skills competitions.

The Augusta Arsenal have soccer camps from June to July. The Academy Summer Program for U8 to U14 boys and girls runs to July 23 on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Cost is $75. Middle School Summer League, open to middle school boys and girls, goes to July 23 on Mondays and Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Cost is $45. High School/ College Summer League open to high school boys and girls, goes to July 23 on Mondays and Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Cost is $45. Go to www.augustasoccer.com or call (706) 854-0149.

I was all set to enjoy three more years of the hardwood talent of Augusta Christian forward Isaiah Kelly when I got word a few days back that he will be playing elsewhere next year. The 6-7 standout will be suiting up for Pace Academy in Atlanta next season.

Kelly, the county’s best player, averaged 16.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.4 steals last season as a freshman.

Martinez-Evans Little League intermediate and big league teams should know what to expect when they play host to their respective tournaments this week.

The MELL 17/18 Big League team, coached by Woodie Melton, has seven players who played in the 2013 Senior League World Series. Robert Peel’s 12/13 intermediate squad has nine who were state runners-up last year in the 12-year-old group and eight from the 2013 state champion and Southeast Region runner-up team.

“I think the team is very well-prepared,” Peel said. “Depending on how the competition is, we should go far.”

No matter how many strokes it took to get there, once you’re on the green it’s time to putt the ball in the hole and move on to the next tee.

Bill Vicain has been the assistant golf pro at Gordon Lakes Golf Club on Fort Gordon for three years and during his 25-year stint in the Army was on the All-Army Golf Team. He teaches everyone from active duty military members and their families to civilians who come to the on-post course.

Greenbrier will have two volleyball camps. The first, for rising second- to fifth-graders, is a day camp on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. costing $40. The second, for rising sixth- to ninth-graders, is Monday, July 13 to July 15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., costing $100. Contact Nicole Abbott at (706) 650-6040 or nicole.abbott@ccboe.net or go to the Greenbrier volleyball website.